My electric oven's bottom element looks fine, but... [more inside]
posted by Decimask on May 31, 2009 - 12 answers

What's the best cleaning method for a HORRIBLY dirty aluminum grill grate? [more inside]
posted by covert7 on Apr 2, 2009 - 14 answers

The oven portion of our gas range went from being fine to dead inside. Made baked potatoes one night, next night I turned it on and it wouldn't heat up at all. The burners still work fine. I reviewed some literature about repairing it myself, but I'm trying to decide if it's a good idea. [more inside]
posted by Mayor Curley on Mar 23, 2009 - 12 answers

Is it worth the trouble to vent our range hood outside? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Mar 20, 2009 - 21 answers

Went to market, came back with a brisket. Now what? [more inside]
posted by tavegyl on Jan 27, 2009 - 19 answers

My sister gave me a slightly used convection oven/rotisserie cooker and the manual is missing. It's a Cook's Essentials/QVC brand and I can't find any information on it at all... [more inside]
posted by anthropoid on Jan 4, 2009 - 5 answers

I made (delicious!) mashed sweet potatoes in a conventional stove-top pot, covered the pot with Reynolds aluminum foil, then put it in a still warm but off-position oven (simply to save stove-top and counter space for the moment while wanting it to stay at room-temperature). Retrieving the pot a few hours later, I found that the inner surface of the foil had turned a light brown. It was also moist from the condensation, but had remained clean, unoiled, unburnt. I've cooked quite a bit and never seen this. What could be causing such discoloration, and is it a worrying symptom (of, say, toxins in the foil)? [more inside]
posted by taramosalata on Dec 14, 2008 - 6 answers

Oven management strategies for thanksgiving? I am hosting thanksgiving at my house this year, and need help planning the best strategy for making a large roast meal with insufficient oven space. [more inside]
posted by Joh on Oct 29, 2008 - 22 answers

How can I cook a turkey when my oven is, shall we say, overenthusiastic? [more inside]
posted by exceptinsects on Nov 15, 2007 - 16 answers

On Thursday night, my stove's glass door exploded for no discernable reason whatsoever. Since MeFi's population encompass many trades, I'm hoping there's someone with a background in physics, engineering, or an appropriate tradesman who either knows or can venture a fairly educated guess as to why it happened. [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on Dec 21, 2005 - 25 answers